The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Parnell was platted on July 5, 1887 as a station stop on the Chicago Great Western Railway and it was formally incorporated in 1888. The Chicago Great Western route passing through the community was called the Diagonal Route. It ran at northeast direction from Kansas City to Waterloo, Iowa including passing through the community of Diagonal, Iowa. Among the first businesses was the Diagonal Hotel.
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Start Parnell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parnell’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Parnell is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parnell has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Worth Count Courthouse in Grant City, 11.7 miles away.
Parnell and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.